ARMY CHIEF, MINISTER RESIGN AFTER ATTACK

KABUL Afghanistan’s army chief and defence minister resigned on Monday, following a Taliban attack over the weekend that struck a northern army base, killing more than 100 military and other personnel, officials said.

The attack — the biggest ever by the Taliban on a military base in Afghanistan — involved multiple gunmen and suicide bombers in army uniforms who penetrated the compound of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army in northern Balkh province on Friday, killing and wounding scores.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the assault, which by some estimates killed over 130 people.

President Ashraf Ghani accepted the resignations of the army chief of staff and the country’s defence minister, according to a statement from the president’s office.

It was not immediately clear who would replace Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi, pictured, and Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shahim.